惠州市2023届高三第一次模拟考试试题英语试卷共8页, 卷面满分120分。
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第一部分阅读理解（共两节, 满分50分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2. 5分, 满分37. 5分）阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C 和D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。
AOur Skift Forums（论坛）are the leading creative business events in the global travel industry. We＇ve hosted 18 annual forums around the world, in world-class cities like London, Berlin, San Francisco and New York City. Now as we prepare to lift the curtain on our new Skift Global Forum, wewanted to look back on some of the figures and highlights from over the years.Our speakers are the leading innovators from every corner of this global industry, and beyond. From top CEOs of the largest travel companies to new, business leaders driving innovation, the voices onstage are a reflection of the best the industry has to offer. Over the years, we＇ve welcomed 700+ speakers to the Skift stage.Our attendees come from all over the world, with 116 nations represented at our events. Last year, we were able to host our most geographically diverse events ever with the introduction of hybrid programming.Our global attendees represent every diverse field of the world's 10 largest industries - we've got the entire customer journey covered. With these diverse perspectives comes unmatched cooperation and insights on the future of travel — both onstage, and off.Since the inception of Skift years ago, our mission has remained strong: Helping you -the travel professional -learn, grow and be inspired, by providing the best content, products and event experiences known to the professional world. From the very first Skift Forum, we knew we had something special. And this year will be no different. In fact, it'll be better.21. When did this report most likely come outA. Before the 18h Skift Global Forum.B. After the 19th Skift Global Forum.C. Before this year's Skift Global Forum.D. After this year's Skift Global Forum.22. Which continent has the most top participating countries at Skift eventsA. AmericasB. EuropeC. AsiaD. Oceania23. What's the main purpose of holding Skift Global ForumsA. Sharing ideas and experience of leading companies.B. Introducing technology of hybrid programming.C. Supporting development of travel professionals.D. Helping communication among governments.BWith stunning visuals of Tamil Nadu's nature, The Elephant Whisperers, which won the Oscar in the' documentary （纪录片）short film category, tells a story of a loving relationship between people and elephants.The filmmaker Kartiki Gonsalves spent her childhood in and around nature in southern India, "My family loved exploring nature. " she says. Her mother loved animals and her, father was a photographer. Her grandmother led school trips to local nature reserves.The chance elephant encounter came in October 2017 that changed Gonsalves's life and stimulated her to make the film. "I was moving back to my hometown when I met Raghu, a three-month-old elephant, in theTheppakadu Elephant camp, " she recalls: Gonsalves was pleasantly surprised by how playful Raghu was."This documentary was made because I fell in love with Raghu first, " she says. "We would happily splash （戏水）along the river, and I would spend hours scrubbing him and rubbing his tongue. He absolutely loves his tongue being rubbed and enjoyed pulling my hair and splashing around in the water.In the film, Gonsalves takes viewers to the heart of Theppakadu Elephant camp in a landscape that is one of the largest undisturbed spaces for the Asian elephant. Here, the Kattunayakan community has been caring for abandoned elephants for generations. The documentary follows the journey of Bomman and Bellie, two elephant caretakers and the baby elephant Raghu, who was abandoned by the herd but fortunately found by the forest department. As Bomman and Bellie raised Raghu, their relationship progressed. The 40-minute documentary was cut down from more than 450 hours of raw footage （镜头）and filmed over the last five years. A lot of the moments in the documentary were unexpected but "that is the true beauty of telling a story as it unfolds, " Gonsalves says. "The Elephant Whisperers helps people realize what beautiful beings elephants were and to respect their intelligence, how they love and understand their human caretakers, how they've learnt to adapt and live with human. I wanted The Elephant Whisperers to be that glow ofhope. "24. How did Gonsalves family influence herA. They inspired her to make films.B. They taught her photography skills.C. They encouraged her to leave India.D. They fired her enthusiasm for nature.25. What can we learn about RaghuA. He loves rubbing his own tongue.B. He is very attached to the film' maker.C. He lives in a well-designed reserve.D. He was saved by elephant caretakers.26. Which words best describes the shooting process of the documentaryA. Tough but rewarding.B. Pleasant and amusing.C. Frustrating but adventurous.D. Romantic and unexpected.27. What is conveyed in The Elephant WhisperersA. Harmonious coexistence.B. Prevention of illegal hunting.C. Respect for biological diversity.D. Endangered Species Conservation.CChatGPT-a conversational language model which was launched in November and is free and simple to use -can swiftly produce poems, math equations or essays on topics, bringing concern that students will misuse the technology. And because it doesn't copy an existing text, there is no easy way to be certain whether a human or a bot wrote the answer.As many educators began to worry about whether students may use ChatGPT to generate papers, Edward Tian had an idea. The 22-year-old student, who studies computer science and journalism, decided to build an app to detect whether a text- was human-written or AI-written.Over a few days in a Toronto coffee shop during winter break, he got to work. On Jan. 2, he launched' GPTZero. It analyzes' different properties of a text for its "perplexity", which is the randomness of the text, and the "burstiness", 'which is the variation of the text over time. So, a human-written text would have high perplexity, something very unfamiliar to an Al model, and exhibit properties of burstiness, which are non-common items that appear in random clusters （集群）, rather than being uniformly distributed.Tian said he expected a few dozen people to ever try it. But he woke up the next morning stunned by the response. He has even heard from people all over the world— many of them are teachers or collegeadmissions officers, Many people have subscribed for updates from Tian as he works to improve the technology.The quick response to Tian's effort highlighted the breakneck pace at which technology is changing classrooms, teaching, and the ways that people define and understand learning. Tian believed everyone deserved to reap the benefits of Al, but safeguards were needed to make sure new technologies were not abused.Tian said it would be sad if, years from now, people mostly relied on AI and writing became far more uniform. "There's something implicitly（含蓄地）beautiful in human prose, " he said, "that computers can never copy. "28. Why did Edward Tian create GPTZeroA. To predict abuse of ChatGPT.B. To analyse properties of texts.C. To relieve educators of anxiety.D. To recognize Al-generated texts.29. What features do human-written texts shareA. They are random and varied.B. They are plain and unfamiliar.C. They are common and diverse.D. They are uniform and complex.30. What does the public think of Tian's inventionA. It is safely guarded.B. It is highly anticipated.C. It is quickly updated.D. It is thoroughly developed.31. What can be inferred from the last paragraphA. Human will win the competition against AI.B. Most people will benefit from AI in the future.C. Writing will become more common than before.D. There is incomparable charm in Human writings.DThe number of seabirds killed by colliding（撞击）with wind turbines could be cut by painting black-and-white stripes on the blades（叶片）, and poles, say researchers. Graham Martin at the University. of Birmingham, UK, and Alex Banks at Natural England, a public organization that has a say in planning applications for offshore wind farms in England, wanted to design a pattern that could be easily painted onto turbines to reduce their impact on bird life.Between 140, 000 and 328, 000 birds are killed each year by onshore wind turbines in the US, according to, one estimate. It is harder to tell how many birds are killed by offshore turbines each year, says Martin, as they fall into the ocean,A previous study, published in 2020, looked at the effect of painting asingle blade black on four onshore turbines in Norway. Bird collisions were reduced by 70 percent compared with all-white turbines nearby. Martin believes that further improvements could have an even greater impact. Based on analysis of previous studies into bird vision and bird collisions with wind turbines, the two researchers came up with a series of guiding principles to aid their design of a turbine that would harm. fewer birds."Most birds do not see too much fine detail in their vision -especially compared to humans, " says Martin, so any design shouldn't be too complex. Many collisions occur in low light, so the design should be easy to decipher in the dark, while high internal contrast would help the turbine stand out against different backgrounds, such as a cloudy or sunny sky. In low levels of light, black-and-white patterns are best, says Martin. "In the dark, a red-and-white pattern would rapidly look like shades of grey, " he says. The design hasn't yet been tested, but Martin hopes that manufacturers will consider it, particularly as it would be easy and cheap to implement.32. What can we know about Martin and BanksA. They have a say in planning applications.B. They improve the efficiency of wind turbines.C. They seek to reduce negative influence on bird life.D. They design colorful turbines to help birds see clear.33. What's the purpose of the second paragraphA. To state the seriousness of bird collisions.B. To estimate the death rate of bird collisions.C. To compare the different wind turbine designs.D. To criticize the poor design of the wind turbines.34: What does the underlined word "decipher" in Paragraph 4 meanA. Differ.B. Recognize.C. Clarify.D. Impress.35. What is the text mainly aboutA. A severe seabird collision phenomenon.B. A new study on seabirds vision.C. A potential wind turbine application.D. A novel wind turbine design.第二节（共5 小题；每小题2. 5 分, 满分12. 5 分）阅读下面短文, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
